monocle
A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eyeA single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
» The general took off his monocle to wipe it off.
Генерал зняв свого монокля, щоб протерти.
Значення
значень: 2A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
Monokel
моно́кльmonóklʹ
lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
(застаріле)A one-eyed animal.
Приклади
речень: 5The general took off his monocle to wipe it off.
Генерал зняв свого монокля, щоб протерти.
Tom dropped his monocle in shock.
Not many people wear a monocle.
He wore a top hat and a monocle.
ruОн носил цилиндр и монокль.
deEr trug einen Zylinder und ein Monokel.
Tom dropped his monocle.
deTom ließ sein Monokel fallen.
Переклади
мов: 7За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“s1886, borrowed from French monocle, from Late Latin monoculus (“one-eyed”), from mono- (“single”) + oculus (“eye”).
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Форми
множина: monoclesСиноніми
синонімів: 1- lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles:eyeglass